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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
4
The article argues chemistry will be pivotal in future wars and urges robust defense and offensive chemical warfare readiness. It cites arms treaties, notes nations’ ongoing development of chemical tools, and quotes Dr James F Norris urging continued study and funding to avert disaster.
A 100 year old retrospective recalls Charles Haddon Spurgeon born in Kelvedon June 19 and rising to become one of Christianity’s most influential preachers. He led at New Park Street Chapel then the Metropolitan Tabernacle, supported benevolent works, and educated hundreds for ministry. He preached worldwide and authored many religious volumes.
A Los Angeles advertising club survey of 1000 women shows newspapers as the top advertising influence at 36 percent, followed by magazines at 22 percent. Street car ads and program notices trail, while booklets and circulars under 2 percent, reinforcing newspapers as the key medium for reaching women buyers and, by extension, men as well.
A fragment from Wellington’s local column recalls a snake tale in a hen-house near Dodsonville and praises Vernon courthouse lawn. Readers comment on heat waves hitting 109 to 110 degrees, garden fires, water-rate relief, and upcoming June weddings with local church ceremonies and old traditions.
A fragmented local column recalls quirky tips from a reader about a wall gadget to keep flies, a joke about philosophy and diction, and casual notices of hunting bragging touching on Tyr Jones and Dr. Jones. The piece weaves humor with everyday curiosities and misread words.
Fort Worth began as a frontier settlement with Camp Worth as its origin. By 1856 the town counted 67 residents plus Doctor Peak’s newborn, and the area’s first housing, courthouse, and garrison quarters set the stage for a developing community. The piece notes social life, dances, picnics at Cold Springs, and a shift from hogs roaming streets to a bustling business center as the city gradually grew toward a population of about 206 000.
The discourse traces Solomon’s failures and the split of Israel under Rehoboam and Jeroboam. It highlights prophetic courage, urging modern leaders to speak truth to power without fear, and to resist press suppression while pursuing righteousness and clarity.
The item blends oddball jokes with political tremors including Roosevelt asking for 526 million and a proposed DIW Rayburn communications bill. It mentions a dry spell prompting new farming ideas, a British doctor memoir translation, and various brief notices about public figures and a law student's graduation, all in a rapid-fire collage.
Clipped items report a Kansas drug store manager learning of his wife bearing twins, U S surgeons extracting coins and bottle tops from a patient, a college board electing its first woman president, a coma survivor regaining consciousness after 900 hours, a child near Grady Hospital surviving a high fever, and an inventor proposing faster telegraph transmission with a multiple key instrument.
Town of Wellington shows heat haze and chatter as residents like R L Wood and others discuss local and state politics while attending a small rally in Amarillo. Neighbors jog memories, haul gear, and comment on cotton prices amid the blistering August heat.
Court case over ownership of two calves valued at fifty dollars involves F. C. Dinat and Wm. Maugans of Peru Indiana. In Nebraska a Fremont man funded college through selling white rata f at one dollar apiece over four years. A Madrid origin white rose bush planted at San Gabriel Mission California remains non blooming. An incident in Germany shows Alois Lechleitner using a sausage as a weapon to subdue a robber. other fragments reference Lawrence George of Slocum and a hen, with disrupted text about a family in Pat.
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